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Aquinas, together with Karl Marx, is regarded as one of the most influential and formative thinkers on contemporary European society. In this module we will learn to critically read Aquinas through an examination of selected texts in translation. Among the topics we shall look at are the following: how Aquinas thought through his sources; his use of Neoplatonism; his decisive role in the reception of Aristotle; perennial philosophy; the limits of philosophical thinking; justice and the state; conscience and human rights.
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